Private equity investments and disclosure policy

European Accounting Review

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 607-639

  Beuselinck, Christof ^a   Deloof, Marc ^b,d   Manigart, Sophie ^c,e  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^e VLERICK BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Belgium)

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EID: 57049142005     PISSN: 09638180     EISSN: 14684497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09638180802327057     Document Type: Article

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